Pro. Vivian W.-W. Yam (Yonghua Ren)

Philip Wong Wilson Wong Professor in Chemistry and Energy

Chair Professor of Chemistry

B.Sc.(Hons), Ph.D. (HK)

CSci; CChem; FRSC

Member of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences, USA

Foreign Member of Academia Europaea (MAE)

Fellow, TWAS, The World Academy of Sciences

Founding Member, The Academy of Sciences of Hong Kong

Research Areas: The major focus of Dr. Yam’s research is on the molecular design and synthesis of novel inorganic/organometallic metal complexes that may find potential applications as functional metal-based molecular materials. Of particular interest are luminescent polynuclear metal complexes that show weak metal-metal interactions and luminescent metal complex and supramolecular systems of charge-transfer excited states, with d6, d8 or d10 metal centres, in particular those containing alkynyl, chalcogenido, chalcogenolato, pnictogenido and polypyridyl ligands. Through the systematic study of the electronic spectroscopy of the newly synthesized metal complex systems, a fundamental understanding of the spectroscopic and luminescence origin as well as the structure-property relationship of these complexes could be established.

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Vice-dean, School Affairs Committee, PekingUniversity
Dean, The Faculty of Science, Peking University
Chair Professor of Life Science
Founding Director, PKU-IDG/McGovern InstituteFor Brain Research
Founding Dean, PKU-THU Joint Center for LifeScience
Founding Dean, Chinese Institute for BrainResearch, Beijing

Pro. Jin Zhang

Professor, Pharmacology, UC San Diego
PhD, Chemistry, University of Chicago
Fellow of the American Association for theAdvancement of Science (AAAS)

Dr. Jin Zhang’s has engaged in investigatingthe molecular mechanisms and functional roles of such spatiotemporal regulationby taking a “native biochemistry” approach. This allows us to unravel thechemical mechanisms of life processes in the framework of cellular time andspace, where molecular changes can be directly linked to functional effects.Work in the Zhang laboratory combines genetically encoded fluorescentbiosensors, superresolution imaging, targeted biochemical perturbations andmathematic modeling to investigate the spatiotemporal regulation of thecAMP/PKA, Ca2+/calcineurin, PI3K/Akt/mTOR, MAPK and AMPK pathways in thecontext of energy metabolism, axon polarization and genesis, insulin secretionby β cells, as well as tumorigenesis.

Interdisciplinaryinterests include:

1. CellularBiochemistry

2. Biophysics

3. MacromolecularStructure

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Pro. Hee-Sup Shin

Ph.D.in genetics and cell biology, Cornell University
Principalresearch scientist, Korea Institute of Science and Technology
NationalAcademy of Sciences of the United States, Foreign Associate
Ho-AmPrize in Science by Ho-Am Foundation (2004)
DuPontPrize (2004)
TopScientist Award by South Korean government (2005)

Dr. Zhixing Chen

Instituteof Molecular Medicine, Peking University
ResearchPhilosophy
TailoredMolecular Probes for Advanced Imaging and Biotechnology

Dr. Wei Zhang

Schoolof Life Sciences, Peking University

Research Areas: Dr. WeiZhang’sresearch tackles some fundamental evolutionary questions such as speciation,adaptation, and introgression. In particular, the work focuses on integratingexperimental and computational approaches to study adaptive introgression inmodel and non-model organisms. Her research interests also includeinvestigating anti-predator adaptation such as mimicry, aposematic coloration,and camouflage in insects.

Dr. Peng Zou

Collegeof Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University

Research Areas: Dr. PengZou’sresearch focuses on inventing chemistry-enabled tools to study cellularstructures, functions and signaling pathways, with a particular focus onneuroscience. He strives to understand how neuronal activities arise throughthe complex interplay between physical forces, chemical signals, and biologicalmacromolecules. This mainly follows two lines of efforts: enzyme-based probesfor profiling biomolecules in neurons, and optical reporters for neuralactivities. The methods are drawing from a wide range of techniques, includingprotein engineering, molecular biology, chemical synthesis, fluorescencemicroscopy, computer programming and quantitative modeling.  Researchprojects include:
1.Optical recording of action potential waveforms with genetically-encodedvoltage indicators
2.Chemical labeling technique for mapping neuronal RNA localizations

Dr. Yu Ye

Centerfor Nanoscience and Technology, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies，Peking University

Research Areas: The research interests ofDr. Yu Ye are in two-dimensional materials, and related electronic, photonicand optoelectronic devices. For example, the single atomic crystal layer oftransition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs), with numerous exotic physicalproperties, has become a worthy successor to graphene. The two-dimensionalinsulator, semicondutor, semi-metal, superconduction, charge-density-wave andferromagnetism materials have been discovered. The van der Waalsheterosturctures with different two-dimensional matials will create exoticphysical properties, not exsiting in single two-dimensional materials. Hestudying on novel physical phenomena emerging in atomically-thin materials, vander Waals heterostructures and surface/interfaces by nanoscale device designs,optical spectroscopy, electrical transport, and scanning photocurrentmeasurements.

Dr. Peng Gao

Center for Nanoscienceand Technology, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies，Peking University

Research Areas: The primary area ofinterest of Dr. Peng Gao is statically and dynamically characterizingfunctional (nano)-materials and devices through various transmission electronmicroscopy (TEM) and spectroscopy techniques, including quantitative imageanalysis, in situ TEM, and ultra-high resolution electron energy lossspectroscopy (EELS). Current research topics: (1) Ferroics; (2) Solid stateionic systems; (3) Graphene films; (4) Light element quantum materials.

Dr. Yanfeng Zhang

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University;

Center for Nanochemistry, Peking University

Research Areas: Surface science, Physical chemistry, Material Science, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Session3: Big data and AI

Dr. Sixin zhang

Centerof Big Data Science, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, PekingUniversity

Dr. Zhanxing Zhu

Centerof Big Data Science, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, PekingUniversity

Research Areas: Machine learning and itsapplications in various domains. Currently he mainly focuses on deep learningtheory and optimization algorithms, reinforcement learning, and applications intraffic, computer security, computer graphics, medical imaging etc. He haspublished more than 20 AI papers on top journals and conferences, such as NIPS,ICML, ACL, AAAI, ECML etc.

Dr. Yansong Feng

Associate professor, Institute of Computer Science and Technology of Peking University

Research Areas: Natural Language Processing，Information Extraction，Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition in Natural Language Processing.